Big River chords by Bobby Solo

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Verse 1
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Now I taught
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the whippin' willow how to cry
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And I showed the clouds
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how to cover up the clear blue sky
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And   the tear I cried for the woman,
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I'm gonna flood your big river
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Then I'm gonna sit right
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here until I   die
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I met her accidentally in St. Paul,
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Minnesota
And it tore me up every time
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I heard a drone, a southern drone
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Then I heard my dream was
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back downstream,
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Cawborn and in Davenport
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And I followed you, big river,
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when you called
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Then you took me to St. Louis
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late in the mornin' down the river
A freighter said she's been here
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but she's gone, oh boy, she's gone
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I found her trail in Memphis
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but she just walked off the block
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She raised a few eyebrows
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and then she went on down alone
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Now, won't you butter
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down by Baton Rouge
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River Queen, run along
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Take the woman on down to New Orleans,
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New Orleans
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Gone, I've had enough
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Down by Blues, down in the Gulf
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She loves you big river more than me
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Now I talked to Wimpin'
Willow how to cry
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And I  showed the clouds
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how to cover up a clear blue sky
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In the tear that I cry for the woman
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I'm gonna flood your big river
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And I'm gonna sit right here until I
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die
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